Novel Transparent Skull Implant Allows Peek at Brain

A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside, College of Engineering and School of Medicine have developed a novel transparent skull implant that could eventually lead to new treatment options for patients with neurological disorders like brain cancer and traumatic brain injury. Their new implant is made of the same ceramic material that is used in hip implants, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). However, the material has been processed in a way to make it transparent.